Posts tagged vista

Export wireless networks profiles/settings from Windows Vista

Aug 1st

Posted by Ivan Versluis in Windows Vista

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If you are migrating notebooks at work, from friends or family you will always hit same problem after the new one is ready for use. Most documents and user settings can be migrated in some kind (ntbackup,robocopy and the Windows transfer wizards) , but when migrating the wireless network setting you may need additional script to perform that. Recently I have been asked to reinstall couple of tools and migrate import user documents including the wireless network. I received both notebooks without the wireless access point and after all important things were moved to the new notebook I started running the netsh command to export the wireless settings/networks into a text file.

See my howto I performed to get this done on my own Windows VISTA notebook.

  • Run CMD.exe to get into the command prompt and run “netsh wlan show profiles”

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  • I am interested in exporting the “NetworknetForFree” WLAN SSID into a text file which I can import on another notebook.
  • I am still in the command prompt and than I execute “netsh wlan export profile name=”NetworknetForFree” folder=C:\” to export NetworknetForFree to C:\ drive.

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  • NetworknetForFree wireless network profile has now been exported to a file named “C:\Wireless Network Connection-NetworknetForFree.xml” and I can copy this file to a usb drive. If you want to export all your wireless profiles just run “netsh wlan export profile folder=C:\“
  • The netsh tool generates a XML based file with all the settings for the wireless profile.

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  • Start a CMD.exe command prompt on the new notebook and import the XML file located on the usb drive. You can copy the XML file first from the usb dirve to C:\ and than import the file. Type and execute “netsh wlan add profile filename=”c:\Wireless Network Connection-NetworknetForFree.xml” user=all“

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The wireless SSID “NetworknetForFree” network has been migrated without knowing the exact settings like SSID, authentication type and the password. I was also trying to perform these steps with a Windows XP SP2 client but too bad that this feature is only for Windows Vista and not XP.

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Remote management console Hyper-V RC0 role Vista SP1

Apr 7th

Posted by Ivan Versluis in Hyper-V

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KB949758 allows you to install the remote management console of a Windows Server 2008 computer running the Hyper-V RC0 role. Download the update here for x86 or x64 if you are running Windows Vista SP1. I already hit couple of times issues when managing my virtual machines remotely with RDP console session.

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I am not able to control mouse session when using rdp console session Hyper-V Manager Virtual Machine Connections and only keyboard is working. “Mouse not captured in Remote Desktop Session”.

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The update for my x86 machine only requires 1.52MB of space and 5 minutes of installing.

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After the update has been installed go to Administrative Tools and start the Hyper-V Manager mmc console for your Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC0 host servers.

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Sandboxie Version 3.24

Apr 3rd

Posted by Ivan Versluis in Application Virtualization

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Sandboxie released newest version of their isolated abstraction product for your applications. Trust no program you download and install from Internet. Using Sandboxie it can help you investigating the code you are installing on your computer.

Under the supervision of Sandboxie, an application operates normally and at full speed, but can’t effect permanent changes to your computer. Instead, the changes are effected only in the sandbox.

Version 3.24 :

Improved compatibility with Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
Support for blocking Internet access to more than one sandboxed program at a time.
Support for the new bookmarks system introduced in Firefox 3.
Removed domain restrictions: Sandboxie can again be used in a domain network without additional license keys.
Some performance improvements and security enhancements.
Translation to Korean, contributed by doa.
Resolved conflicts with third-party software: AVG 8, Ad Muncher, Novell NetIdentity, Trend Micro Internet Security 2008.

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Installing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Mar 25th

Posted by Ivan Versluis in Windows Vista

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    Before you start downloading the SP1 package check your Windows Vista version. To find out which edition you are running, click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Properties. In the System section, you can view the operating system under System type. If you are installing SP1 from an installation disc, the correct version will install automatically.

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    Currently I am running 64-bit Operating System of Windows Vista. Download the Windows Vista SP1 Standalone update: x64 | x86

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    Select the language and download installation package.

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    After the download has completed locate the Windows6.0-KB936330-X86-wave0.exe file and exceute the SP1 update. Make sure there is enough free space on your computer’s hard disk to install the service pack. The 32-bit SP1 requires a minimum of 7 gigabytes (GB) of free space; the 64-bit SP1 requires a minimum of 13 GB of free space. Click Run if you get a security warning and click continue if UAC is enabled.

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    Click Next

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    I unchecked “Automatically restart the computer” and click Install

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      Click Restart. Vista will reboot and it will some more minutes to finish the update.

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    Installation of Service Pack 1 was successful.  I tried to install the beta versions before and as posted the installation failed each time.

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Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 and Windows Vista

Mar 19th

Posted by Ivan Versluis in Microsoft

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For a while I have been struggling with Office Communicator 2005 and Windows Vista. Office Communicator 2007 is not supporting Office Live Communications 2005 server and there I am forced to use the Office Communicator 2005 client. All presence and chat features worked fine with 2005 but when it came for sharing your desktop or sharing a file the communicator started to complain about the firewall or me sitting behind a Network Address Translator (NAT).

Cannot establish the data sharing session with user1, either because user1 canceled the session, or because you or the person you are calling is behind a firewall or Network Address Translator (NAT).

 

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How to resolve this issue?

Uninstall Microsoft Office Communicator 2005
Get the KB927853 hotfix from Microsoft. This update will install the NetMeeting 3.02 version which is compatible with Windows Vista.
Reboot the machine
Install Microsoft Office Communicator 2005

I scripted the Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 into a Altiris SVS application layer but after installing the hotfix it still didn’t solve my problem. Make sure you uninstall the Communicator first or delete the SVS layer and than reinstall the packages.

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Vista Codec Package

Mar 17th

Posted by Ivan Versluis in Codec

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Last year I download and installed the Vista Codec Package; couple minutes ago I was trying to get one xvid screencast opened by Windows Media Player but it was not able to acquire the codec. Vista Codec Package includes all popular codec components like Xvid, DivX, AC3 and others which your default installation of Vista is missing.

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Go to this website http://shark007.testbox.dk and check out yourself.

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